Many years ago, when I was still a clinical social worker, I told a fellow therapist that I was closing my practice to devote my time and attention to painting, she joked “Yeah, your paintings won’t talk back to you”. Well, she was wrong! My paintings do talk back on … Read More
These are notes made during painting and after I completed a 44” x 72” painting. First of all, choose a subject that you enjoy looking at. You may be engaged with the image for weeks or months. Perhaps prepare some small studies to be sure of how you’ll want to … Read More
I recently returned from four days of painting and enjoying art with seven of my painting friends. We started the week with a visit to the pink ice plant on the cliffs in Pacific Grove. The sky was cloudy and the wind was mild. The boulders along that stretch of … Read More
Aligned with its Mission to celebrate the diversity of California art, Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) is delighted to announce the launch of the Monterey Biennial. Contemporary artists living in Fresno, Kern, Kings, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and San Luis Obispo Counties were eligible for this groundbreaking exhibition celebrating … Read More
Oil paint by itself has a richness and thickness which provides texture to a painting. But that texture can be enhanced and added to with a variety of tools and techniques. This picture shows a few of the many tools available for this purpose. Shaping and lifting tools help you … Read More
Richard and I took a spring trip to San Diego, Palm Desert, and Sedona AZ. It was great to escape our rainy March weather. From Palm Desert, it is about a 5.5 hour drive to Sedona, so we took a leisurely route. Avoiding Phoenix, we drove US 60 to US … Read More
Paris 2023 I have just returned from a two week adventure in the Isl de France. Paris is a bustling city full on monuments that have existed for thousands of years. Accompanied by my sister, Jackie and sister in law Emi, we ventured out daily to explore and experience the … Read More
For over ten years, I have enjoyed 4 straight days of painting on the Big Sur Coast in the company of 8 other artists – we share meals, art books, and favorite sites. During these four days, I paint like a fiend as there are no other responsibilities. Staying overnight … Read More
For myself, and for many other painters, learning to express ourselves with brushes and paint is a lifelong learning process. I am convinced that the more time one spends painting, the better one’s results are, and the greater the satisfaction working at painting can be. I have found instruction in … Read More
Joining and participating in art clubs is a great way of adding a social element to the lives of painters like myself whose work is inherently a solitary activity. I not only get to enjoy socializing with great people with interests like my own, but I also get to learn … Read More
I want to offer discussion of some overlapping terms often used in describing an artist’s method of creating a painting, and which describe some of my own processes. These and other topics will be discussed in a class series providing instruction in painting which I will be teaching early in … Read More
September 2 through October 27 Visit the Pacific Grove Art Center on Lighthouse Avenue to see fine works of art from members of the Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association (MBPAPA.) The exhibit will open on September 2 and run through October 27. The exhibit will be in the large … Read More
Half Moon Bay’s Coastal Art League will present paintings of the Santa Cruz Oil Painters (SCOP) in oil, acrylic, and pastel. In the fall of 2001, a small group of oil painters gathered to find a way to support each other in our artistic endeavors, and formed SCOP. Today the … Read More
I’m excited to once again be offering painting classes, my first offerings in over two years. I’m offering a 5-class series in landscape painting this spring. Classes will be held in my Soquel studio on Thursday mornings 9-12 noon, April 14, 21, 28, May 12, 19. Series price is … Read More